New Apostolic Reformation
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The New Apostolic Reformation is a movement which asserts that God is restoring the lost offices of church governance, namely the offices of Prophet and Apostle.
The movement is the brainchild of C. Peter Wagner.
Articles
- The Faulty Foundation of the Five-Fold Ministry
(Contra) by Robert Bowman
The teachers of the “five-fold ministry,” in seeking to “restore” a foundation which has never been moved, are actually laying a false foundation which will not support the building up of the body of Christ.
- The New Apostolic Reformation (Contra) by Orrel Steinkamp, D. Min
Blogs
- Spirit of Error: Examining the Apostolic-Prophetic Movement by Holly Pivec, who describes her blog as follows:
This blog examines the apostolic-prophetic movement (also known as the “New Apostolic Reformation”) — a fast-growing, evangelical movement that promotes modern-day apostles and prophets with great authority, supernatural powers, and the ability to give new doctrinal revelation. Advocates of this movement believe that all people, nations, and demonic principalities must submit to these apostles and prophets, who will lead God’s end-times army in establishing His kingdom on earth. This once-fringe movement has entered many charismatic churches (which are the fastest-growing churches in nearly every region of the world, according to church growth experts, like David B. Barrett), and the movement is being promoted by prominent evangelical leaders, like C. Peter Wagner and Jack Hayford. Amazingly, many Christians aren’t aware that this movement exists. Even many Christians who attend apostolic-prophetic churches are unaware of the movement’s aberrant teachings, which are often introduced through the “back door” of churches that claim to have standard evangelical statements of faith. My goal is to provide information about this movement, so Christians won’t be misled into its unbiblical teachings and practices.
Multimedia
- The New Apostolic Reformation — Part 1 [Audio] (Contra) Ingrid Schlueter, of the Slice of Laodicea blog, interviews Jewel Grewe of Discernment-Ministries.com
In the inaugural edition of the 2008 SliceCasts, I interview Jewel Grewe of Discernment-Ministries.com. Jewel has studied the New Apostolic Reformation movement for many years. This is the movement that produced Todd Bentley and other earlier “prophets”.
- The New Apostolic Reformation — Part 2: Club Mysterio, Ecstatic Trance Dancing (Contra)
In this second Slicecast, Jewel Grewe of Discernment Ministries returns to continue discussion about the New Apostolic Reformation. She answers questions about Patricia King’s Club Mysterio, the growing acceptance of ecstatic trance dancing, and the exploding interest in mystical spiritual encounters that take people away from the Word of God.
See Also
- Strange Fire: The Rise of Gnosticism in the Church Online book by Travers and Jewel van de Merwe. Provides the historic background to many of the controversial movements currently in the Church.
Some books are written before their time. This is one such book. It was never our privilege to know Travers van der Merwe but we had heard of his exemplary walk before God and man while on Earth. While battling cancer, a painful ordeal that lasted for many years, Travers and his wife Jewel penned this book. He saw an ancient heresy arising in the modern Christian church and it weighed heavily on his heart.
After the book was completed, it lay dormant for several years. In the meantime much was happening in the Christian church nationally and internationally to confirm that there was a revival going on - not accompanied by repentance and a turning away from dead works - but of Gnosticism.
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